MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 144% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 123% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	144% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	293% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '17 at 11:56
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 156 2-Core 280 100% 178 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 778 83% 663 Pts	64-Core 836 52% 836 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2902 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Lighting 206 Reflection 221 Parallax 196 168% 208 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 197 Splatting 138 128% 158 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	293% Outstanding	Read 2,841 Write 1,385 Mixed 1,427 413% 1,884 MB/s	4K Read 65.7 4K Write 181 4K Mixed 36.3 242% 94.5 MB/s	DQ Read 625 DQ Write 510 DQ Mixed 32.8 170% 389 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 293% Great: 254%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 930GB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 82 144827776 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1907 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 1568 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 38557154 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2110 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1561 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 4301 (BC) Unknown 100 98 34360262670 (BD) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BE) vendor-specific 70 52 554958878 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 76 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13730 (C2) HDA temperature 30 48 60129542174 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 1 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 1 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -41927470742182 (F1) Unknown 100 253 31247670046295 (F2) Unknown 100 253 84946468712875	101% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 180 Mixed 153 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.46 126% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 27.8 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 30.5 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 47.9 84% 47.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) - $114

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,818x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,200x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	517x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	958x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	864x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	813x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	208x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	183x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	386x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	223x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	219x

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Total price: $898

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16